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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 361
died Mystery Orders to the White Lodge, we may say that
there are in different places of the earth a number of these
schools of the lesser mysteries, each of them composed of
twelve brethren, and also a thirteenth member. The latter
is the link between the different schools, and all these heads
or thirteenth members compose what is ordinarily known
as the White Lodge, namely, a supreme conclave of the
Eldest among our Brothers, who are now in full charge of
human evolution and plan the steps we are to follow in
order to advance.
QUESTION Xo. 180.
What do you understand l>y the term Master, and is the
Rosicrucian Fellowship movement inspired by them 9
Answer: In the far East the pupil who aspires to the
higher life seeks a "Master" and is bound hand and foot,
figuratively speaking, to that Master. He must blindly
follow the instructions of his Master, without the least
hesitancy or exhibition of curiosity concerning the purpose
of whatever directions are given him. He must 'render
the Master personal service of whatever kind required and
at whatever cost or inconvenience to himself, and thus, in
short, he becomes virtually the slave of an often very ex-
acting taskmaster.
That seems to be a very barbaric method, but it is doubt-